The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-09
EVENTS OF THE WEEK.


Domestic News
Tho public debt decrease during May was
q, SIS. .oO7.66.
The total cost Of the National drill was
go 900, Of which sum ~, ,45O was paid out
for prizSs.
The coinage of the mints during May
amounted to a co., SIS, Of which $500, 900
were standard dollars.
The New York Tribune states that the
recent heavy fires In that city have seriously
: The boiler in the Chesapeake h Ohio Gle
vator ct Huntington, w. Va, exploded
May 50, killing four men, and injuring .
dozen moro.
In the Hitchcok manufacturing works, at
Courtland, near Syracuse, N. Y, by . boiler
explosion, May 80, three men were killed
and two injured.
Three brothe1 named johnson, fishermen
Of Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie, were drowned
Monday, their boat being overturned BY
the swell OF . steam tug.
At meeting OF the New York Chamber
OF Commerce the defenseless condition OF
New York harbor was considered. II was
suggested that In event the government did
nothing the city should proceed to defend
itself.
The members Of the Knights Of Labor
executive board who have been investi-
eating the strike in the Pennsylvania coke
regions have decided that tho strike Is
Illegal and advise the strikers to return 70
work.
The Treasury Department 1t Washington
10 at work on what will be the largest single
money vault in the world. II win hold
lOO, 700 silver dollars, and the walls sur
rounding the treasure will be four feet SIX
inches thick.
Hon. Morton Z. Post OF Cheyenne says It
In fact that the alien land bill, which pro
hibits foreigners from acquiring realty in
this country, eau cd the failure OF the
swans iu Wyoming. It spoiled . sale Of
35OO,OLO for Alex Swan.
The New York Commercial Advertiser an
nounces that great Protestant Episcopal
cathedral IL planned for that city which will
b the largest and most costly building ol
the kind on this continent. The estimated
cost will BE- about 100000.
Decoration Day was universally observed
throughout the country with ceremonies u
nns .nd .ns = 7. :: th1s
that this holiday II ono that is attended
with no incidents TO mar tts interest OF
beauty.
Chicago il to hsvs the distinguished
honor Of furnishing lard oil for the navy
to the amount Of 5000 gallons. N. X. Fair
bank and Co. have received the contract q
49I cents gallon. Armour Il 20. bid o2L
cents, and the Manhattan Oil company 57L
cents.
A special from Upper husky, Ohio
reports that = cyclone passed over thai
place between and 6 O'Clock Monday after
noon, doing great damage 70 trees, fences
etc. The spire Of the Catholic church. 2O(
feet high, was blown over and the front o
the church wrecked.
A meeting Of the stockholders Of the Fad
ship railway Of Tehuantepec will be callee
In Pittsburg on the arrival Of Col james
Andrews, Of Allegheny City, who Is II
Mexico. It il expected that he will b.
chosen a. the late Capt. Ead's successor u
engineer Of the gigantic project.
Last Friday six couple arrived 1t Wash
ington, ID. c., from Richmond, Va, to ge
married. The cheapness Of marriag'
licenses attracted them. They saved enough
by purchasing licenses In Washington Il
pay their expenses from Richmond thu
securing the cheapest bridal tour on record
Twenty-Five thousand people ATTENDED
and participated in laying the corner ston
Of the K. of L., Temple Of Labor, at Min
neapOlis on sunday. The procession Q
societies and citizens was two and . hal
miles long. The Grafton was delivered b,
vi ctor Drury Of New York.
A fund of 5000 has been subscribed q,
Toledo, Ohio, and . challenge sent to tn
Lomax Rifles, Of Mobile, Ala, the frs
prize winners 1t the National Drill, to drill
with tho Toledo Cadets, at Chicago, Gin
cinnah or Toledo. The Mo bile compan,
declines the challenge.
The Daughters OF Rebekah monument +
the late Vics President Colfax was unveile'
at indianapolis on the 18th. This order wa
founded by Mr.. Colfax and the monument
hrance to his devotion to Odd Fellowship
and particularly this branch OF the organ
ixatiOn.
The three rolling mills Of the North Chi
cago company are extremely short Of coke
owing to the strikes in Pennsylvania. It i
stated that the company's two mills in Chi
mill In Milwaukee cannot run much longer
The closing Of the three mills will make 400
employees idle.
In answer to . proposition to-day fron
the Toledo cadets to drill for 5000 side
the captain Of the Lomax Rifles, Of Mobile
| writes that they will, under no circum
stances. be . party to any action whicl
| would reflect In the least upon the integrit
| Of the officers Of the regular army who wer
| the judges In the recent competitive drill q
Warrington.
! l The strike has now lasted In the Pennsyl
vania coke regions over one month and it
effects are being felt throughout the In
dustrial regions Of the country. On &C
closing down and many mills have suspend
| Cd operations, thereby throwing Thousands
| out Of work. In the coke regions alOn
there are over II, 900 idle men and it IL ei
timatsd that they have lost in wages nearl
| . half million dollars.
| British Manufacturers arc complaining
to tho Interstate Commerce Commissio
that they are losing their American NAL
kets because OF their inability to ship :
Chicago, st. Louis and other distributin
| centers for less sum than the America
/ m00UI0GtUIO18 C3U 00UO Ju0 1ntU0 kOOO0
quarter Of the distance. Under the oil
| system Of rebates and special contracts th
manufacturers In Great Britain, notwitt
standing tho great disparity In distances
could often obtain - cheap rates from II
land points in the United States as tn
manufacturer Of the seaboard could fron
the place OF manufacture to those points.
| The Lieutenant General of the Army ha
dssignated Sept. 10th, Jas the date for th
beginning Of the annual rife compstitio
between distinguished marksmsn Of ia
army. The match will take place ct th
Bellevue rifle range, near Omaha, Neb., an
the competitors will bs selected by depart
ment commanders, two from the depar,
ment Of the East, one from the departmeu
/ Of Dakota, three from the department Q
the Platte, one from the department q
Texas, ons from the department Of Colun
bia, one from the department Of California
and one from the department Of Arisona.
The Pension onlcs ct Washington hs
sent out vouchers for srrsarages OF pei
aions to two men which In the aggregat
foot up 1854. tho largest amount eve
paid out on two certificates. The first cas-
was that Of Francis Patterson, late privat